Sooner or later I too may passively take the print Of the golden age - why not? I have neither hope nor trust; May make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint, Cheat and be cheated, and die: who knows? we are ashes and dust. Labor, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 244by Joseph Cook - 1880 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
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